I joined AmEx Gurgaon in 2015 in PoS Fraud Strategy as a Business Analyst. I was having a rough time at AmEx as I really wanted to pursue my passion of Mathematics in the US. I had secured an admit at Univeristy of Illinois - Urbana Champaign and UT-Austin in their MS programme and was totally checked out at work.
During my tenure at AmEx, I was mostly bored. Looking at internal tools and spreadsheets was the worst. This coupled with the fact that I was travelling to and fro between Noida and Gurgaon meant that I was commuting a solid 4 hours everyday.
In this time of mental agony, I met this charismatic young woman, she was an Analyst in the Credit Underwriting Team. I don't know what got into me and I asked her out to coffee. We went to the Starbucks in CyberHub the next morning and she was the most delightful personality ever. Sweet and elegant, she talked of her passion with vigour, from her ideals to writing poems. I left that conversation feeling uneasy though.
She reminded me of what I wanted but also of what I was scared to lose in her.
We continued to date for the next 6 months in a hush-hush manner to avoid any suspicion at AmEx. I had to start the process of getting my F1-visa for the US and when I told her about it she was extremely disheartened.
In my heart, I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my days with her and life without her was nothing but an empty void. She came with me to the US Consulate Office, and I don't know what got into me but I kissed her.
I knew that I wanted her more than anything else.
Decided not to give the Visa Interview and applied to ISB with my GRE score. Got into it and ended up becoming a Management Consultant in MBB.
We got married in 2019 and welcomed our daughter into this world in 2021.
I wonder what life would've been living in the US. But whatever it would be, it couldn't be better than being in her arms when we come back from work.
Have faith. Everything will turn out to be okay. Trust the process
... And we will never hear a story a woman doing that much for a guy.
Who hurt you bro? A lot of women have done it too. Just because you didn't hear it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There's a world outside of your echo chamber awaiting you
I know many women who gave up their careers they worked so hard for in favour of raising kids and starting a family. Women sacrifice way more than men ever will.
Bro got the love , got the MBB , got the family
all i could have ever wished for tbh.
What a lovely story. I had a similar situation. This girl had told me she was going to UK for PhD in a couple of years and I had accepted the fact even though it was a bitter pill to swallow. But she was extremely disheartened when I got a job opportunity in another city in India itself and I ended up choosing love over career and she broke up with me and left just a couple of weeks later.
TLDR, got dumped a few days after choosing love over better career opportunity.
Oh no. That sounds horrible. But it gives you fuel for main character development energy so good on that.
I can resonate with you. Girls choose money over anything else and that’s 95% of the girls I am talking about
That's awesome! Are you guys of same age or any major age difference is there? Like, wanted to know that in first, do all get an equivalent age or less difference boy/girl.
I have been into a similar situation but the girl had already been fixed for other guy. The qualities were similar, understanding, elegant, truthful, helpful.
She’s 1 year younger to me
Ohh! That's good.
I was in similar situation, mental agony was due to family created issues and she was the only one who understood at that time.
Congratulations to you! It's true, marriages are made in heaven:)
One thing more, who financed the marriage? Like if you would like to share, what was the range of cost and who beared that, you or your parents?
for me. i spent college studying for grades and 20s making money in a job I don't like, but never got to make the memories I should've with all my friends. I regret doing all of that
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